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Paolo Moriello

3×3 · top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since September 2009 · 2009MORI05

Paolo Moriello has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 6.77, set at PoliMi Italian Open 2014, puts him in the top 1.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 50th in Italy. Until November 2010, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 61 competitions since September 2009, he has put 3,156 official solves on the record across eleven events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 13% around a typical one, steadier than 57% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.12 in September 2009 to 6.77, a 52% improvement. Paolo has entered 61 competitions, more competitions than 99% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 1.1% of 284,439 all-time
6.77
signature single · PoliMi Italian Open 2014
3,156
official solves on the record
13%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 57% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingItaly
3×36.778.42
top 1.1%50 / 2,882
4×428.5034.62
top 2.0%22 / 1,206
2×21.523.58
top 2.2%81 / 2,068
3×3 one-handed14.2817.44
top 6.7%63 / 887
5×51:03.721:11.89
top 7.6%46 / 642
7×73:16.693:25.78
top 15.3%30 / 219
6×62:13.252:21.70
top 17.0%46 / 273
3×3 Fewest Moves33 moves—
top 23.4%64 / 266
Pyraminx7.8610.60
top 35.0%614 / 1,403
Megaminx2:29.414:19.27
top 60.8%306 / 544
3×3 blindfolded6:23.21—
early days — 1 solve220 / 244

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Mantua Open 2009: 14.12Obei Obei Open 2009: 12.86South Italian Open 2009: 11.71Roma Open 2010: 11.44Cube 'n Roll Italian Open 2010: 10.31S.P.Q.R. Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 9.46European Rubik's Cube Championship 2010: 9.56Mantua Open 2010: 8.31Halloween Cube Open 2010: 9.71LOL South Italian Open 2010: 9.41Milan Cube Open 2011: 7.96Mantua Spring 2011: 8.62Italian Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 8.80Roma Open 2011: 9.03Montpellier Open 2011: 8.47Big CubingItaly Open 2011: 9.43Castelbelforte Cube Battle 2011: 8.17Milan Blind Day 2011: 9.34Italian Open 2011: 8.25World Rubik's Cube Championship 2011: 8.72Roma Winter Open 2011: 8.71Mantua Winter 2011: 7.52Schio Open 2012: 8.21Tiburtinae Open 2012: 8.16Legnano Open 2012: 8.90Italian Open 2012: 7.97Beneventum Open 2012: 7.30Hungarian Open 2012: 9.05Milan Blind Day 2012: 8.66European Rubik's Cube Championship 2012: 8.58Sinuessa Open 2012: 7.55Italian Championship 2012: 8.63Milan Winter Open 2013: 7.47Italian Championship 2013: 8.11World Rubik's Cube Championship 2013: 8.29Milan Blind Day 2013: 8.30Florence Open 2013: 8.58Big CubingItaly Open 2013: 7.97Legnano Open 2013: 7.80Swedish Cube Days 2013: 7.55Italian Open 2013: 8.13Salerno Winter Open 2013: 8.18Minx Open 2014: 8.69Small CubingItaly 2014: 7.52Italian Championship 2014: 7.88Rubik's Cube European Championships 2014: 8.37Eretum Open 2014: 7.61Platform Open 2014: 8.38PoliMi Italian Open 2014: 6.77Small CubingItaly 2015: 8.38Italian Championship 2015: 7.68Monterotondo Open 2015: 8.45Italian Open 2015: 7.97Capodrise Open 2016: 7.96Italian Championship 2016: 6.79PoliMi Open 2016: 8.17Turin Cube Day 2017: 8.02Milan Cube Day 2017: 7.44Bologna NxN Spring 2019: 7.88San Marino Nationals 2019: 8.33Romagna Open 2019: 7.876.7714.1219 Sep 20098 Jun 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 0.77 away.
  • A sub-25 4×4 single — 588 people have one; it is 3.50 away.

Targets move as he improves.